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Aspartic acid, also known as aspartate, is an amino acid with an acidic side chain. At normal pH it usually carries a negative charge. This is due to a missing proton from the -COOH (carboxylic acid) group.<br>It is coded for by the the three letter code Asp and the one letter code D. | |||
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Berg, Tymoczko and Stryer. (2006) ''Biochemistry '' | |||
Revision as of 16:01, 11 January 2011
Aspartic acid, also known as aspartate, is an amino acid with an acidic side chain. At normal pH it usually carries a negative charge. This is due to a missing proton from the -COOH (carboxylic acid) group.
It is coded for by the the three letter code Asp and the one letter code D.
Berg, Tymoczko and Stryer. (2006) Biochemistry